Pappa Rap

Question 1

What is significant about the fact pappa rap dealt drugs to Sammie and not jo

Answer 1

Intervening act of third person breaks chain of causation - he did not supply the drugs to jo

Question 2

What did R v Kennedy and R v Kennedy (no. 2) discuss

Answer 2

When is it appropriate to find someone guilty of manslaughter where that person has been involved in the supply of class a drugs, which is then freely and voluntarily administered by the victim, causing their death

Question 3

What did Lord Bingham say

Answer 3

D is not to be treated as causing the victim to act in a certain way if victim makes voluntary decision to act in that way

Question 4

What is significant about jo administering her own drugs

Answer 4

Act of the victim - self injecting - intervening act - no causation breaks chain (r v Dalby) (r v Dias)

Question 5

Conclusion for pappa rap

Answer 5

No criminal liability as there is no causation